Grief during Lent Lent is about 1 week away. And to be honest, I have kind of been putting off making plans for it. Partly because things here have been overwhelmingly busy. Partly because I know that Lent begins the countdown to Easter. And I’m not ready. I’ve been dreading it this year. Easter is …
The purpose of this blog is to share how we do “small things with great love,” following Mother Teresa. There is so much packed in that quote. First, the reference to ‘small things’ brings to mind St. Thérèse‘s little way.’ Second, ‘love’ brings to mind the Catholic virtue of Love. For what I’m writing here, …
Happy Thursday! It has been a mix of feeling like a long week, but also I can’t believe it is Thursday already. I look forward to the weekends so when one finally comes along, it’s a relief, but I also don’t want it to go by too quickly. I know I have said it before …
If you are like my family, then you also love the new Disney movie, Encanto! If you haven’t seen it yet, then I highly recommend it (if you don’t want spoilers, then save this article for later!). We were listening to the soundtrack on the way home from dropping my son off at school and …
Happy New Year! In some ways it felt like 2021 lasted forever (especially the first 7.5 months…I’ll go into this more) but then the end of the year flew by. Reflection on 2021 I wrote a post at the beginning of the year last year with my word of the year I had received on …
“Yes.” Such a simple, three-letter word. I heard it in my heart before I said it out loud. “Yes.” A short little word that will change the future forever. Am I sure? Yes. Am I scared? Yes. Will my future be challenging? Yes. Will this bring me and my loved ones pain? Yes. Am I …
Do small things with great love. It sounds so simple! I do small things throughout the day and each of them could be offered up with love, right? Unfortunately, even though I may pray my morning offering and attempt to offer up my “sufferings” or sacrifices, I tend to miss the mark on the “with …
Happy Monday! I can’t believe another week is here. I feel like I have been going 100 miles a minute recently, and I don’t see any slowing down in the near future. Things here are staying busy between regular school schedules, doctor appointments (and have I mentioned doctor appointments? There have been so many recently!), …
Happy Thursday! What a week This has been a week for us. It started off good. My brother, who I haven’t seen in a few years came to visit! He was able to come with us to a fall festival with the kids and spend the night before he had to go back home to …
“Take the first exit.” “Where do I turn?” “The first right turn.” “But WHERE?!” “Right here!” Once on the exit ramp, our oldest daughter Elizabeth calmed down and said “I just didn’t know what you meant.” Kati replied, “You didn’t know what ‘first’ meant?” And she abashedly said, “Oh.” Clearly this driving excursion for the …
